Revised Oct 2016
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America’s international image continues to suffer
Source - Pew Center 2018https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2018/10/01/americas-international-image-continues-to-suffer/ -
THE LEGATUM PROSPERITY INDEX™ 2019
"global assessment of well being" ... "provides a framework for assessing global prosperity"http://www.prosperity.com -
Doing Business 2019
"objective measures of business regulations for local firms in 183 economies & selected cities at the subnational level"https://www.doingbusiness.org/en/reports/global-reports/doing-business-2019 -
U. S. Commercial Service Market Research Library
I'natl market research by industry, region, country, report type (country commercial guides)http://www.buyusainfo.net/adsearch.cfm?search_type=int&loadnav=no -
Mapping the Arab World
Source: Economist; "presents key indicators for each member of the Arab League"http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2011/02/arab_league_map -
Country Risk and Economic Research
Country Risk, Business Climate, Sector Ratings & brief risk analysis for individual countrieshttp://www.coface.com/Economic-Studies-and-Country-Risks -
Public Intelligence
"provide documents, detailed analyses, and a host of other open-source intelligence products from the private and public sector"http://publicintelligence.net/ -
Internet World Stats
Usage and population statshttp://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm -
World Statistics Pocketbook, 2016 edition
Source: United Nations Statistics Divisionhttp://unstats.un.org/unsd/publications/pocketbook/files/world-stats-pocketbook-2016.pdf -
Civil Unrest Worldwide Since 1979
Cited in the article about the rise of social media and rise in unresthttp://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/08/22/mapped_what_every_protest_in_the_last_34_years_looks_like -
These maps show where the world’s youngest and oldest people live
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/health/140904/map-youth-elderly-world-political-unrest-economy-unemployment -
Aid Flows
"AidFlows visualizes how much development financing is provided and received around the world."http://www.aidflows.org/ -
Global Peace Index 2019
Source - Institute for Economics & Peace Highlightshttp://visionofhumanity.org/indexes/global-peace-index/ -
Best Countries 2019
Source - U.S. News and World Reporthttps://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries -
Positive Peace Report
Scroll down for a list of the reportshttp://economicsandpeace.org/reports/
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Global Flashpoints 2015
Source - CSIShttp://csis.org/files/publication/150220_Cohen_GlobalFlashpoints_Web.pdf -
2015 Global Peace Index
"reveals increasingly divided world"http://www.visionofhumanity.org/#/page/our-gpi-findings -
2015 Global Peace Index
PDF Reporthttp://static.visionofhumanity.org/sites/default/files/Global%20Peace%20Index%20Report%202015_0.pdf -
GLOBAL CONFLICT TRACKER
Scroll Down to Explore the Conflictshttp://www.cfr.org/global/global-conflict-tracker/p32137#!/p32137 -
Global Flashpoints 2016
https://www.csis.org/analysis/2016-global-forecast -
Global Peace Index 2016
http://static.visionofhumanity.org/sites/default/files/GPI%202016%20Report_2.pdf? -
The Fragile States Index
"based on a conflict assessment framework"http://fundforpeace.org/fsi/ -
Global Flashpoints 2017
Online copyhttps://goo.gl/cynHNF -
The Geopolitical Flash Points of 2019
Source: Council of Foreign Relationshttps://www.cfr.org/article/geopolitical-flash-points-2019
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Best Countries Study 2017
" The rankings evaluate 80 countries across 24 rankings drawn from a survey of more than 21,000 global citizens ..."https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries -
Is America Great Again? Data Says No!
World's perception of the U.S.https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2018-01-23/the-worlds-perceptions-of-the-us-is-going-in-the-wrong-direction -
2018 Global Law and Order Report
Source - Galluphttp://news.gallup.com/reports/235310/gallup-global-law-order-report-2018.aspx
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CIA - The World Factbook
"the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, & transnational issues"https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html -
Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments
Revised weeklyhttps://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/world-leaders-1/index.html -
Countries of the World and International Organizations: Sources of Information
2008 Congressional Research Service Reporthttp://www.ilw.com/immigrationdaily/news/2009,1208-crs.pdf -
Country Reports on Terrorism
"aims to enhance our collective understanding of the international terrorist threat."https://www.state.gov/country-reports-on-terrorism-2/ -
DOCUALERT
Source: U.S. Embasy in Spainhttp://barcelona.usconsulate.gov/information-resources/irc/dossiers.html -
International Data Base (IDB)
"tabular data for countries & regions, demographic indicators, population pyramids & source information for countries"https://www.census.gov/data-tools/demo/idb/informationGateway.php -
Library of Congress: Country Studies Series
"description & analysis of the historical setting & social, economic, political, & nat'l security systems & institutions"https://www.loc.gov/collections/country-studies/ -
Nations of the World
Law and legal emphasis - Source:Law Library of Congress Public Services Guide to Law Onlinehttp://www.loc.gov/law/help/guide/nations.php -
U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets
FACTS about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, & foreign relationshttp://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/ -
U.S. Commercial Service: Market Research Library
International Market Research from the U. S. Dept. of Commercehttp://www.buyusainfo.net/adsearch.cfm?search_type=int&loadnav=no -
U.S. Treaties: A Beginner’s Guide
Numerous links to other sourceshttp://blogs.loc.gov/law/2014/11/u-s-treaties-a-beginners-guide/?loclr=twlaw -
United States Treaties and International Agreements: 1776-1949
Period - 1776-1949https://www.loc.gov/law/help/us-treaties/bevans.php?loclr=bloglaw -
United States Treaties (LOC)
four volumes of multilateral treaties, eight volumes of bilateral treaties and one volume of an indexhttp://blogs.loc.gov/law/2016/09/united-states-treaties-added-to-the-law-library-website/ -
US Department of State Self Study Guides
35 guides dated from 2000 - 2006 (Useful to use as a template for country study)http://www.governmentattic.org/StateDeptStudyGuides.html -
Top Trading Partners
Monthly statshttps://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/statistics/highlights/top/index.html -
Country Reports on Terrorism 2016
https://www.state.gov/documents/organization/272488.pdfhttps://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2016/index.htm -
Country Studies
Country Studies/Area Handbook Series sponsored by the Dept of the Army between 1986 & 1998.http://countrystudies.us/
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Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations, 2003-2010
"quantitative data on conventional arms transfers to developing nations by the United States and foreign countries"http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/weapons/R42017.pdf
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Country Reports on Terrorism
2016-2018 -- Select Countries & Areas from menuhttps://www.state.gov/country-reports-on-terrorism-2/ -
Global Terrorism Database (GTD)
"nformation on terrorist events around the world from 1970 through 2013"http://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/ -
Country Reports on Terrorism
Country Reports on Terrorism 2018 dated October 2019https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Country-Reports-on-Terrorism-2018-FINAL.pdf
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World Shale Gas Resources: An Initial Assessment of 14 Regions Outside the U.S.
http://eia.gov/analysis/studies/worldshalegas/pdf/fullreport.pdf -
Countries
Production; Consumption; Proved Reserveshttp://www.eia.doe.gov/countries/ -
2015 World Energy Outlook
Source - International Energy Agencyhttp://www.worldenergyoutlook.org/ -
Timeline: Oil Dependence and U.S. Foreign Policy
" timeline traces the story of U.S. oil development, and the resulting geopolitical competition"http://www.cfr.org/oil/timeline-oil-dependence-us-foreign-policy/p24322
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Global Cities 2018 Report
"a comprehensive study of the current definition of best-in-class in real estate."http://ngkf.com/globalcities/ -
Global Wealth Report 2016
"a comprehensive portrait of global wealth, covering all regions and countries"http://publications.credit-suisse.com/tasks/render/file/index.cfm?fileid=12DFFD63-07D1-EC63-A3D5F67356880EF3 -
STATE OF THE WORLD’S HUMAN RIGHTS ANNUAL REPORT 2017-18
Source: Amnesty Internationalhttps://www.amnestyusa.org/reports/amnesty-international-state-of-the-worlds-human-rights-annual-report-2017-18/ -
The State of Social Safety Nets 2018
Source - World Bankhttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/29115/9781464812545.pdf -
World Energy Outlook
"Green energy is the second-largest generator of electricity after coal & [will] overtake [coal] in the 2030s."http://www.worldenergyoutlook.org/ -
World Happiness Report 2018
Finland #1https://s3.amazonaws.com/happiness-report/2018/WHR_web.pdf -
WORLD MIGRATION REPORT 2018
"documents how migration is shaping cities and the situation of migrants in cities."https://publications.iom.int/system/files/pdf/wmr_2018_en.pdf -
World Statistics Pocketbook, 2017 edition
Source: United Nations Statistics Divisionhttp://unstats.un.org/unsd/pocketbook/World_Statistics_Pocketbook_2015_edition.pdf -
International Monetary Fund
"(IMF) is an organization of 188 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability ...http://www.imf.org/external/country/index.htm -
SOCIAL PROGRESS INDEX 2017
"offers a rich framework for measuring the multiple dimensions of social progress"https://www.socialprogressimperative.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/SPI2017-Report-final.pdf -
Countries, territories and regions where we (the EU)are active
Source - European Union MAP BY REGIONS and MAPS BY COUNTRIEShttps://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/countries-territories-and-regions-where-we-are-active_en -
2017 Social Progress Index (Map)
"The 2017 Social Progress Index includes data from 128 countries on 50 indicators."https://www.socialprogressindex.com/ -
The Global Risks Report 2018
"decision-makers across the world identify and analyze the most pressing risks"http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GRR18_Report.pdf
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America’s Global Image
"examines global public opinion about the U.S., China, & the i'natl balance of power & key issues in Asia"http://www.pewglobal.org/files/2015/06/Balance-of-Power-Report-FINAL-June-23-20151.pdf
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Country and Subject Reader Series
Country Readers complement sources such as the DOS’s Background Notes/Country Fact Sheetshttp://adst.org/oral-history/country-reader-series/ -
Oral Interviews
Interviews with action officershttp://adst.org/oral-history/oral-history-interviews/ -
U. S. Diplomacy
"background on U.S. diplomatic history, dimensions of contemporary diplomacy, & the domestic & foreign activities of the DOShttp://www.usdiplomacy.org/
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MAPPING AMERICA'S FUTURES
Demographic shift in U.S. populationhttp://datatools.urban.org/features/mapping-americas-futures/#map
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Supra-national and National Sites
Links to official website for countries and supra-national organizationshttp://www.politicsresources.net/official.htm -
Country & Regional Data
"comparative country data by topic, arranged alphabetically"http://faculty.philau.edu/russowl/country.html -
Country Reports
Toronto Special Library Assn resourceshttp://tinyurl.com/3l8l4cd
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From Conflict and Crisis to Renewal: Generations of Change
"explores how conflict and protracted humanitarian emergencies affect women and girls & men and boys"http://www.unfpa.org/public/home/publications/pid/6801 -
Global Integrity Report
"tool for understanding governance and anti-corruption mechanisms at the national level."http://report.globalintegrity.org/ -
How Social Media Leads to a Less Stable World
" ...great nations will Balkanize-break into smaller nations ... principal driver of this Balkanization is social media."http://goo.gl/5YgzbW -
International Child Labor and Forced Labor Reports
"extended profiles on these countries and territories"http://www.dol.gov/ilab/reports/child-labor/ -
Relief Web
"overviews, news, analysis and maps on crises and disasters"http://reliefweb.int/countries -
Reporters Without Borders
"Investigate, expose and support reports of press freedom violations"http://www.rsf.org/ -
Reports on Boko Haram
Source: National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorismhttp://www.start.umd.edu/news/start-releases-reports-boko-haram -
The Efficacy of International Law and Its Fact-Finding Institutions: Experimental Tests
Do international law and institutions shape public opinion on contested events such as war crimes?http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2628967 -
The Failed States Index 2011
"prepared by the Fund for Peace; published by FOREIGN POLICY of the world's most vulnerable countries"http://www.foreignpolicy.com/failedstates -
Worst of the Worst 2012: The World's Most Repressive Societies
"The worst of the worst."https://freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/Worst%20of%20the%20Worst%202012%20final%20report.pdf -
Democracy Index 2017: Free speech under attack
" ... provides a snapshot of the state of democracy worldwide for 165 independent states and two territories."https://goo.gl/aEfr4R -
Fragile States Index
"using 12 social, economic, & political indicators to analyze how wars, peace accords, environmental calamities, & political movhttp://foreignpolicy.com/fragile-states-index-2016-brexit-syria-refugee-europe-anti-migrant-boko-haram/
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How AIDS Changed Everything
Source - U.N. AIDShttp://www.unaids.org/sites/default/files/media_asset/MDG6Report_en.pdf -
AIDS Info Online Database
http://www.aidsinfoonline.org/kpatlas/#/home -
AIDS Key Population Areas
Interactive maphttp://www.aidsinfoonline.org/kpatlas/#/home
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Amnesty International Annual Report 2017-2018
THE STATE OF THE WORLD’S HUMAN RIGHTShttps://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/research/2018/02/annual-report-201718/ -
The State of Inequality in the World
Oxfam:The power of people against povertyhttps://www.oxfam.org/en/research/reward-work-not-wealth
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Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor
Source - Dept of Labor Bureau of International Labor Affairshttp://www.dol.gov/ilab/reports/child-labor/findings/ -
List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor
Source - Dept of Labor Bureau of International Labor Affairshttp://www.dol.gov/ilab/reports/child-labor/list-of-goods/ -
Executive Order 13126 List of Products
Source - Dept of Labor Bureau of International Labor Affairshttp://www.dol.gov/ilab/reports/child-labor/list-of-products/index-country.htm -
STATE OF THE WORLD’S MOTHERS 2015
Source: Save the Childrenhttp://www.savethechildren.org/atf/cf/%7B9def2ebe-10ae-432c-9bd0-df91d2eba74a%7D/SOWM_2015.PDF
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Corruption Perceptions Index 2018
"perceived level of corruption in the public sector;" reports from 2001https://www.transparency.org/cpi2018
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TERRORIST GROUPS
Nat'l Counter Terrorism Centerhttp://www.nctc.gov/site/groups.html -
Terrorists Organization Profiles
"project ceased operations on March 31, 2008"http://www.start.umd.edu/tops/ -
Country Reports on Terrorism 2013
Review Executive Summary for Definitionshttp://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2013/ -
Reports on Boko Haram
National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorismhttp://www.start.umd.edu/news/start-releases-reports-boko-haram -
Terrorism Index
http://www.visionofhumanity.org/#/page/indexes/terrorism-index
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Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
U.S. State Departmenthttp://www.state.gov/g/drl/ -
2014 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
Country reports by regionhttp://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/humanrightsreport/index.htm#wrapper -
Country Reports on Human Rights
Archive of reports from 1999-2009http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/ -
Country Reports on Terrorism 2011
http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/195768.pdf -
International Violence Against Women: U.S. Response and Policy Issues
Violence against women is so pervasive that VAW is an acronym for the human rights and global health issue!http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/170507.pdf -
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2016
http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/humanrightsreport/index.htm?year=2016&dlid=265340 -
Trafficking in Persons Report 2015
Source - U.S. Department of Statehttp://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/2015/index.htm -
Countries by Regions: U.S. Dept of State
Review "U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets"http://www.state.gov/countries/
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FREEDOM IN THE WORLD 2016
https://freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/FH_FITW_Report_2016.pdf -
FREEDOM IN THE WORLD 2015
Discarding Democracy: Return to the Iron Fisthttps://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/freedom-world-2015#.V59bMLgrKhc -
Which countries still outlaw apostasy and blasphemy?
Pew Researchhttp://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/07/29/which-countries-still-outlaw-apostasy-and-blasphemy/
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Internet Library sub-Saharan Africa (ilissAfrica)
"scientific conventional & digital resources on the sub-Saharan Africa region"http://www.ilissafrica.de/en/about/iliss-project.html -
African Union
"Africa's premier institution & principal organization for the promotion of socio-economic integration of the continent"http://www.africa-union.org/root/au/index/index.htm -
Mo Ibrahim Foundation
2011 report that "provides a comprehensive ranking of African countries according to governance quality"http://www.moibrahimfoundation.org/en/section/the-ibrahim-index -
Africa Map
"spatial data layers of Africa's geography, history, ethnography, environment, & social conditions.http://africamap.harvard.edu/ -
Women in Africa
"argues the case for women as critical catalysts for meaningful economic growth and development in Africa."http://www.ey.com/Publication/vwLUAssets/Women_of_Africa/$FILE/Women%20of%20Africa%20final.pdf -
THE LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES REPORT 2011
33 of the 48 countries are in Africahttp://www.unctad.org/en/docs/ldc2011_en.pdf -
How Big is Africa?
Visualization of the size of Africahttp://goo.gl/W46TkP -
Ten Wars to Watch in 2015
http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/01/02/10-wars-to-watch-in-2015/ -
World Madian Age
Look at Africahttp://www.vox.com/2014/9/23/6829399/23-maps-and-charts-that-will-surprise-you -
African Online Digital Library (AODL)
"portal to multimedia collections about Africa"http://aodl.org/ -
The road to ending poverty runs through these 31 countries (Most in Africa)
"Extreme poverty is increasingly concentrated in a set of severely off-track countries [in Africa].https://www.brookings.edu/blog/future-development/2018/02/13/the-road-to-ending-poverty-runs-through-31-severely-off-track-countries/
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Academic Info
Area and Country Studieshttp://www.academicinfo.net/subarea.html -
Country Risk
$ub$cription only Guide to Country Research on the Internet``http://countryrisk.com/ -
Global Edge Country Insights
Statistical data for 199 countries: statistics, historical, economic, and political conditionshttp://globaledge.msu.edu/countryInsights/ -
Mapsarea
Directory of country and regional maps and atlaseshttp://www.mapsarea.com -
Nation Master
Country comparisons with graphs with data from the World Factbook & other Sourceshttp://www.nationmaster.com -
Nations Online
"country profile with facts, figures, geography, flag, statistics, & maps"http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/ -
NWU Government Publications and Maps
Links to the official websites of national governmentshttp://www.library.northwestern.edu/govpub/resource/internat/foreign.html -
OECD Country Reports & Tables
http://oberon.sourceoecd.org/vl=554216/cl=15/nw=1/rpsv/country_reports.htm -
Relief Web
"global hub for time-critical humanitarian information"http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/dbc.nsf/doc100?OpenForm -
World Statesman
Encyclopedia of nations, colonies, international organizationshttp://www.worldstatesmen.org/ -
Your Europe
Portal for European Unionhttp://europa.eu.int/youreurope/sitemap/citizens/en.html -
Public Intelligence
"provide documents, detailed analyses, and a host of other open-source intelligence products from the private and public sector"http://publicintelligence.net/ -
Relief Web
Overviews, news, analysis and maps on crises and disastershttp://reliefweb.int/countries
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Fact Sheets on Europe
European and U.S. sourceshttp://web.resourceshelf.com/go/resourceblog/62224
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Doing Business Gender Law Library
"collection of national legal provisions impacting women's economic status in 183 economies."http://www.doingbusiness.org/elibrarydata/elibrary.aspx?libID=1 -
World of Work Report 2009 (International Labour Organization)
Addresses the state of labour markets worldwide amid the economic crisis; includes country & regional briefshttp://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/documents/publication/wcms_118384.pdf -
Doing Business 2011
"objective measures of business regulations for local firms in 183 economies & selected cities at the subnational level"http://www.doingbusiness.org/ -
The World’s 10 Fastest Growing Metropolitan Areas
Source - Brookingshttp://www.brookings.edu/blogs/the-avenue/posts/2015/02/10-worlds-10-fastest-growing-metropolitan-areas-parilla-trujillo -
The Global Enabling Trade Report 2016 (World Economic Forum & the Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation
"evaluates 136 economies based on their capacity to facilitate the flow of goods over borders and to their destination."http://reports.weforum.org/global-enabling-trade-report-2016/ -
The Global Enabling Trade Report 2016 (PDF)
342-page Reporthttp://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GETR_2016_report.pdf -
Top Five U.S. Trading Partners in Goods in 2016
Top Five U.S. Trading Partners in Goods in 2016: China, Canada, Mexico, Japan and Germanyhttp://census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2017/cb17-tps08.html
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U.S. Commercial Service
Homepage for USCS with links to export or importhttp://www.buyusa.gov/home/ -
Market Research Library
I'natl market research by industry, region, country, report type (country commercial guides)http://www.buyusainfo.net/adsearch.cfm?search_type=int&loadnav=no
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Statistical Survey Report on Internet Development in China
January 2010 report by CNNIC, the state network information center of Chinahttp://www.cnnic.net.cn/uploadfiles/pdf/2010/3/15/142705.pdf -
China: Ten Things You Should Know About An Online Superpower
Summary of CNNIC reporthttp://www.seomoz.org/blog/china-ten-things-you-should-know-about-an-online-superpower -
Doing Business in China - 2009 Country Commercial Guide for U.S. Companies
U.S. Department of Statehttp://www.buyusainfo.net/docs/x_7668019.pdf -
Statistical Survey Report on the Internet Development in China
.cn is the "largest country code Top-Level Domain names in the world."http://www.cnnic.net.cn/download/2008/CNNIC22threport-en.pdf
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Overseas Security Advisory Council
U.S. Government charter is "to promote security cooperation between American business and private sector interests worldwide."http://www.osac.gov -
The Conflict in Georgia
Report of the fact-finding mission on the conflict in Georgiahttp://www.ceiig.ch
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A Village of 1,000
Stats on "If The World Were A Village of 1,000 in The Year 2005"http://faculty.philau.edu/russowl/villageof1000.html -
2010 Legatum Prosperity Index
"global assessment of wealth and wellbeing" ... "provides a framework for assessing global prosperity"http://www.prosperity.com/downloads/2010ProsperityIndexFullReport.pdf -
An Aging World: 2008: International Population Reports
"in over 30 years, the proportion of older people will double from 7% to 14% of the total world population"http://www.census.gov/prod/2009pubs/p95-09-1.pdf -
Global Integrity
"tracking governance and corruption trends around the world"http://www.globalintegrity.org/ -
Nation Master
Country Comparison with Graphs with Data from the World Factbook & other Sourceshttp://www.nationmaster.com -
Newsweek's List of the World's Best Countries
Which country provides the best opportunity to live a healthy, safe, & prosperous, life?http://www.newsweek.com/feature/2010/the-world-s-best-countries.html -
The World Bank's World Trade Indicators 2008
"interactive tool designed to benchmark a country’s trade policy and institutions"http://tinyurl.com/6reau9 -
The World Trade Indicators 2009/2010: Trade Under Crisis
Pre-order ... not free anymore!https://extop-workflow.worldbank.org/extop/ecommerce/catalog/product?context=drilldown&item_id=9192623 -
U.S. Overseas Loans and Grants (Greenbook)
"shows a complete historical record of U.S. foreign aid to the world"http://qesdb.cdie.org/gbk/ -
Yale Global Online
Yale Center for the Study of Globalization (YCSG): "explores the implications of the interconnectedness of the world"http://www.yaleglobal.yale.edu/ -
Mapping the Arab World: Arab League Members
Source: Economist; "presents key indicators for each member of the Arab League"http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2011/02/arab_league_map -
Country Risk and Economic Research
Country Risk, Business Climate, Sector Ratings & brief risk analysis for individual countrieshttp://www.coface.com/CofacePortal/COM_en_EN/pages/home/risks_home -
Human Development Index (HDI) - 2011 Rankings
"life expectancy, literacy, education, income and other variables are compared for UN countries"http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/ -
Good Country Index
" ... measure what each country on earth contributes to the common good of humanity, and what it takes away."http://www.goodcountry.org/ -
Countries of the World by Area
Russia, Canada, U.S., China, & Brazil ....http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/countries_by_area.htm -
THE 2014 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX
"measures the perceived levels of public sector corruption"http://www.transparency.org/cpi2014 -
What Country has the Most Unsustainable Debt? (hint: not Greece)
" excessive debt could put a country’s future economic wellbeing at risk"http://howmuch.net/ -
Best Countries 2016
Source- U.S. News and World Reporthttp://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries
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GHSL - Global Human Settlement Layer
"tool for assessing the human presence on the planet"http://ghsl.jrc.ec.europa.eu/index.php
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Worldwide "What is the cost of ****"
Computed from Google Autocompletehttp://www.fixr.com/blog/2015/04/17/world-of-obsessions/ -
U.S. States "What is the cost of ****"
Computed from Google Autocompletehttp://www.fixr.com/blog/2015/02/27/cost-obsessions-us-map/
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Country Code Top-level Domains
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_code_top-level_domain -
Country Codes for Countries on the Internet (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority)
http://www.iana.org/cctld/cctld-whois.htm -
Country Codes from Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Country_codes -
Cross-Reference List of Country Data Codes (World Factbook)
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/appendix/appendix-d.html -
Resources for Country Code Managers
http://www.icann.org/cctlds/ -
U.S. Dept. of Commerce White Paper: Management of Internet Names and Addresses (Why countries can sell their ccTLDs)
"National governments now have, and will continue to have, authority to manage or establish policy for their own ccTLDs."http://www.icann.org/general/white-paper-05jun98.htm
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Country-based Search Engines
"4,017 search engines and 222 countries, territories, islands and regions"http://www.philb.com/countryse.htm -
European Search Engines, Directories and Lists
http://www.netmasters.co.uk/european_search_engines/
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Country Search Engine
Searches sites and links to sites included in the portaportal accounthttp://tinyurl.com/2hccya
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Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments
Published by CIA, Revised Weeklyhttp://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/chiefs/index.html -
Foreign Embassies
University of Michiganhttp://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/foreign.html -
Foreign Embassies of Washington, DC
http://www.embassy.org/embassies/ -
Heads of State
Lists of Heads of State and Heads of Governmenthttp://rulers.org
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World Health Statistics 2015
"compilation of health-related data for its 193 member states"http://www.who.int/gho/publications/world_health_statistics/2015/en/ -
The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2015
Source: United Nations Food and Agriculture Organizationhttp://www.fao.org/hunger/en/ -
2015 Global Hunger Index: Armed Conflict and the Challenge of Hunger
Source: International Food Policy Research Institutehttp://www.ifpri.org/publication/2015-global-hunger-index-armed-conflict-and-challenge-hunger
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What Do Non-Governmental Organizations Do?
READ FIRST ... defines NGOs on page 3http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-041.pdf -
What is a Non-Governmental Organization?
Article recommended by Duke Universityhttp://www.staff.city.ac.uk/p.willetts/CS-NTWKS/NGO-ART.HTM -
NGO Research Guide (Duke University)
Selected NGOs by Subjecthttp://library.duke.edu/research/subject/guides/ngo_guide/ -
NGO Glossary
Source for search termshttp://www.staff.city.ac.uk/p.willetts/CS-NTWKS/NGO-ART.HTM#Glossary -
Amnesty International
Reports, News Releases & Urgent Actions Published from 1996 to Datehttp://www.amnesty.org/library/engindex -
Amnesty International: The State of the World's Human Rights
2009 Reporthttp://thereport.amnesty.org/ -
Delegation of the European Union Commission in the U.S.
http://www.eurunion.org/index.htm -
Development Organizations by Region/Country
Governments, Civil Society Orgs, Private Sectorhttp://www.devdir.org/ -
Doctors without Borders
http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/news/ -
International Crisis Group
"source of analysis and advice to governments on the prevention and resolution of deadly conflict."http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm -
International Monetary Fund
IMF Reports & Publicationshttp://www.imf.org/external/country/ -
Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development (Browse by Country)
http://www.oecd.org/home/ -
Reproters Without Borders
See Regular Reports: Annual/World Reporthttp://www.rsf.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=20 -
The World Bank Annual Report 2008
Covers the period from July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008http://go.worldbank.org/JP57KOICX0 -
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Education, Science, Technology, Culture & Communicationhttp://www.uis.unesco.org -
World Resources Institute
Environmental Research and Policy Organizationhttp://www.wri.org/wri-ndex.html -
Intergovernmental Organization Search Engine
"searches across hundreds of international government organization websites"http://www.google.com/cse/home?cx=006748068166572874491:55ez0c3j3ey
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Saving the World's Women
How changing the lives of women and girls in the developing world can change everythinghttp://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/23/magazine/23Women-t.html?_r=1# -
State of the World Population 2014 Resources
United Nations Report (2014) (http://www.unfpa.org/swop)http://www.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/pub-pdf/EN-SWOP14-Report_FINAL-web.pdf -
Strategically Important Metals
The rare earth elements and the platinum group elementshttp://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201012/cmselect/cmsctech/726/726.pdf -
Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Indices
"track and rank 40 countries' renewable energy markets across a selection of technologies"http://www.ey.com/Publication/vwLUAssets/Renewable_energy_country_attractiveness_indices_-_Issue_31/$FILE/EY_RECAI_issue_31.pdf -
Global Peace Index 2015
Source: Institute for Economics & Peace Highlightshttp://www.visionofhumanity.org/#/page/our-gpi-findings
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IMF COUNTRY INFORMATION
http://www.imf.org/external/country/index.htm -
WORLD ECONOMIC OUTLOOK (WEO) (2015)
See "Related Links"https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2016/02/index.htm -
Economic Growth Over the Coming Decade
Scaled map of forecasted growth rates based on Harvard Center for International Developmenthttp://howmuch.net/ -
The Atlas of Economic Complexity
Source - Harvard Center for International Developmenthttp://atlas.cid.harvard.edu/ -
World Economic Outlook (WEO)
IMFhttps://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2016/update/01/pdf/0116.pdf -
World Economic Outlook April 2016
"Global growth continues but at an increasingly disappointing pace ..."http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2016/01/pdf/text.pdf -
IMF World Economic Outlook October 2016
https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2016/02/
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Relief Web
Maps link is upper right on homepagehttp://www.reliefweb.int/rw/dbc.nsf/doc100?OpenForm -
Test Your Geography Knowledge
Map quizzeshttp://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/ -
Thematic Maps
Source:U.S. Census Bureauhttp://www.census.gov/ipc/www/cspro/mapslist.htm -
World Factbook
Select "Reference Maps"http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html -
Worldmapper
"collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized on each map according to the subject of interest"http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk/worldmapper -
These maps show where the world’s youngest and oldest people live
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/health/140904/map-youth-elderly-world-political-unrest-economy-unemployment
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U.S. Commercial Service
"trade promotion arm of the International Trade Administration"http://www.buyusainfo.net/adsearch.cfm?search_type=int&loadnav=no -
World Trade Indicators 2008
"interactive tool designed to benchmark a country’s trade policy and institutions"http://tinyurl.com/6reau9 -
COUNTRY COMMERCIAL GUIDES
"... everything you need to know about doing business overseas."https://www.export.gov/ccg
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World Map of Social Networks
Map of the world, showing the most popular social networks by countryhttp://www.vincos.it/world-map-of-social-networks/
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Pew Global Attitudes Project
"explore public opinion trends in 55 countries on attitudes toward the U.S."http://pewglobal.org/database/
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Countries of the World
Source: Library of Congress Law Library - Constitution, Executive, Judicial, Legislativehttp://www.loc.gov/law/guide/nations.html -
Elections Around the World
http://www.electionworld.org -
Political Resources
Parties, Organizations, Governments, Mediahttp://www.politicalresources.net/ -
Worldwide Governments
Database of Governmental Institutionshttp://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/world.html
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International Data Base (IDB)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Divisionhttp://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/index.php -
World Population Reference Bureau
Population Reference Bureau's information on 19 population, health, & environment indicators for more than 200 countries.http://www.prb.org/ -
Internet world Stats
Internet Usage Stats and Population Statisticshttp://www.internetworldstats.com/ -
Top Ten Countries with the Highest Population
Source: Internet World Statshttp://www.internetworldstats.com/stats8.htm -
State of the World Population 2014 Resources
United Nations Report (2014) (http://www.unfpa.org/swophttp://www.unfpa.org/sites/default/files/pub-pdf/EN-SWOP14-Report_FINAL-web.pdf -
2015 Revision of World Population Prospects
Source: United Nationshttp://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/
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BBC Country Profiles
History, Politics & Economic Background of Countries & Territorieshttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/country_profiles/default.stm -
Economist Country Briefings
News, Country Profiles, Forecasts, Statisticshttp://www.economist.com/countries/ -
ELDIS Country Profiles
"Gateway to Development Information" Excludes North America & Europehttp://www.eldis.org/country/index.htm
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Refworld Country Information Collection
"sources from UN, NGOs, Governments, I'natl Organisations monitoring & reporting on country situations"http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/category,COI,,,,,0.html -
Refugees Deeply
"understand the complex geopolitical, human rights, environmental, legal factors" of the refugee issuehttp://www.refugeesdeeply.org/
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Stanford University Africa South of the Sahara
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/guide.html -
BiblioNoticias
subject-oriented bibliographies "likely to be of interest to researchers within the field of Latin American Studies"http://www.lib.utexas.edu/benson/bibnot/bibnot.html -
International Resources By Region
Resources & organizations for regions (Africa, Middle East, etc.) of the worldhttp://libguides.northwestern.edu/internationalbyregion -
International Resources by Theme
Resources & organizations for international organizations by subject (agriculture, development, labor economics, population)http://libguides.northwestern.edu/international
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2010 World Justice Project Rule of Law Index
"assesses the rule of law based on detailed factors and subfactors, drawn from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights"http://www.worldjusticeproject.org/rule-of-law-index/ -
The Rule of Law Index 2010
"a comprehensive picture of the extent to which countries adhere to the rule of law in practice."http://www.worldjusticeproject.org/sites/default/files/WJP%20Rule%20of%20Law%20Index%202010_2.pdf
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Google Directory: Countries
http://directory.google.com/Top/Regional/Countries/ -
Yahoo Directory: Countries
http://dir.yahoo.com/Regional/Countries/?skw=countries+regional
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Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation-LMI Database
http://apeclmi.anu.edu.au/ -
Citation Statistics
Scientific Authors, Papers, Institutions, COUNTRIES, and Journalshttp://www.in-cites.com/ -
Greenbook: U.S. Overseas Loans and Grants
http://qesdb.cdie.org/gbk/ -
Groningen Growth and Development Centre Total Economy Database
http://www.ggdc.net/dseries/totecon.html -
OFFSTATS : Official Statistics on the Web
Stats from official sources on the web; browse by region, country, and subjecthttp://www.offstats.auckland.ac.nz/ -
Selected Population Resources on Official Government Web Sites
http://stokeslib.princeton.edu/popstatsrgrv.htm -
Statistical Resources on the Web: Foreign Government Data Sources
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/stforeig.html -
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
"region’s leading statistical data of the major economic, social & environmental trends over the past two decades."http://www.unescap.org/stat/data/syb2008/ESCAP-SYB2008.pdf -
World Gazetteer
http://www.world-gazetteer.com/ -
World in Figures
Global Statistics Data Analyzerhttp://www.worldinfigures.org/glo/eng/ -
Kngine Stats Statistics Portal
http://www.kngine.com/Stats/ -
World Statistics Pocketbook, 2014
50+ indicators from 20+ internat'l sources for 217 countries or areas of the worldhttp://unstats.un.org/unsd/pocketbook/ -
AidFlows
"AidFlows visualizes how much development financing is provided and received around the world."http://www.aidflows.org/ -
EuroStat
Eurostat the statistical office of the EU; enables comparisons between countries & regions.http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/data/database
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Eurostat Homepage
"statistics at European level that enable comparisons between countries and regions"http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ -
Eurostat Regional Yearbook 2015
"detailed statistical fields for the 27 EU members, candidates & EFTA countrieshttp://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Eurostat_regional_yearbook -
European Union: External links to macroeconomic reports and data
Sources are not endorsed by the EU.http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/28/14/18640945.htm -
OECD Factbook 2015-2016 Economic, Environmental and Social Statistics
"global overview of today’s major economic, social & environmental indicators"http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/economics/oecd-factbook_18147364 -
OECD Factbook eXplorer for Analyzing Country Statistics
"interactive tool for analysing the OECD country statistical profiles for economic, social and environmental indicators"http://stats.oecd.org/oecdfactbook/ -
OECD Health Data 2010- Country Notes
Statistics and Indicatorshttp://www.oecd.org/document/46/0,3343,en_2649_33929_34971438_1_1_1_1,00.html -
OECD StatExtracts
"statistical data across OECD databases"http://stats.oecd.org/wbos/Default.aspx?usercontext=sourceoecd -
The European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register: Releases from Diffuse Sources to Air
"pinpoint the main diffuse sources of air pollution, such as transport and aviation."http://prtr.ec.europa.eu/DiffuseSourcesAir.aspx -
The EU in the world - 2015 edition
"statistics on the EU in comparison with the 15 non-EU countries from the Group of Twenty (G20)"http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/3217494/6975194/KS-EX-15-001-EN-N.pdf -
Eurostat Regional Yearbook 2015
http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/3217494/7018888/KS-HA-15-001-EN-N.pdf -
Eurostat Homepage
http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat
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OECD Economic Outlook No. 86 November 2009
Focus: Economic recoveryhttp://www.oecd.org/document/18/0,3343,en_2649_34109_20347538_1_1_1_37443,00.html -
Country Summaries
G7 and Euro Area, Other OECD economies, & Accession & Enhanced Engagement Economieshttp://www.oecd.org/document/52/0,3343,en_2649_34109_19726196_1_1_1_1,00.html -
Key Economic Projections by Country
GDP, unemployment, inflation and fiscal balancehttp://www.oecd.org/document/32/0,3343,en_2649_201185_44077472_1_1_1_1,00.html -
OECD Yearbook 2012
http://www.oecd.org/document/42/0,3746,en_36734052_36734103_47715434_1_1_1_1,00.html
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The World in Figures
Economic information about countries within a regionhttp://www.economist.com/node/14888200?story_id=14888200 -
Kicking the Hornets Nest
An interactive map of drugs in Mexicohttp://www.economist.com/mexicodrugs
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European Thesaurus on International Relations and Area Studies
"8000 hierarchically arranged terms, covering all the main aspects of international relations and area studies"http://www.ireon-portal.eu/typo3/index.php?&id=91&L=1
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U.S. Treaties: A Beginner’s Guide
Read this first.http://blogs.loc.gov/law/2014/11/u-s-treaties-a-beginners-guide/?loclr=twlaw -
“Treaties and Other International Agreements: The Role of the United States Senate”
" summarizes the history of the treatymaking provisions of the Constitution ..."http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CPRT-106SPRT66922/pdf/CPRT-106SPRT66922.pdf -
Finding Agreements
Dept of Statehttp://www.state.gov/s/l/treaty/text/index.htm -
How to . . . research treaties
" the word “treaty” is reserved for an agreement that is made “by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate”http://www.senate.gov/reference/common/faq/Treaties.htm -
How to . . . research treaties
Links to Treaties Received, Treaties Approved, and Treaty Actionshttp://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/legislative/d_three_sections_with_teasers/treaties.htm -
Treaties Help
Library of Congress THOMAShttp://thomas.loc.gov/home/treaties/trhelp.htm
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UN Permanent Missions
http://www.un.int/ -
UN Member States
Directoryhttp://www.un.org/depts/dhl/unms/cms.shtml -
UN Member States
Includes date of admissionhttp://www.un.org/en/members/index.shtml -
UN Member States "On the Record"
"links to UN databases, websites,& other info resources to make the record of Member States’ accessible"http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/unms/undocuments.shtml -
United Nations Research Guides
http://research.un.org/en/ -
United Nation Treaties Webpage
https://treaties.un.org/
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Information and Communication Technologies at a Glance Tables
"show the most recent national data on key indicators of ICT development"http://tinyurl.com/g7cp4 -
Facts and Figures from World Development Indicators
"regional highlights from the World Development Indicators"http://data.worldbank.org/data-catalog/world-development-indicators -
World Development Indicators
"comprehensive overview of development drawing on data from the World Bank and more than 30 partners."http://tinyurl.com/4rcrbv -
World Economic Forum Report
See listinghttps://www.weforum.org/reports -
World Bank: Global Economic Prospects
Chapter 1 - UShttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/bitstream/handle/10986/25823/9781464810169.pdf
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World Economic Forum
http://www.weforum.org/ -
Reports
"series of reports which examine in detail the broad range of global issues it seeks to address with stakeholders as part of itshttp://www.weforum.org/reports/ -
Global Risks 2015
Most likely risk: Interstate conflicthttp://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Global_Risks_2015_Report.pdf -
Power Rankings: The Critical States
“those states most likely to have a destabilizing effect on world order in 2015”http://www.the-american-interest.com/2015/01/29/power-rankings-the-critical-states/ -
What are the three most important foreign-policy issues facing the United States today?
Source: Foreign Policy - Scroll down to view listhttp://goo.gl/7vFKOi
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U.S. Embassies, Consulates, and Diplomatic Missions
Africa, W. Hemisphere, East Asia-Pac, Europe-Eurasia, Near East, S. & Cntrl Asiahttp://www.usembassy.gov/index.html
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Google: new concerns raised about political influence by senior ‘revolving door’ jobs
" Google stands accused of employing former goverment officials in order to get close to government."https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jun/04/google-influence-hiring-government-officials
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The map that shows what the world REALLY looks like
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3894600/The-map-shows-world-REALLY-looks-like-Japanese-design-flattens-Earth-big-landmasses-oceans-really-are.html
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Year in Review: 2016 in 12 Charts (and a video)
http://blogs.worldbank.org/voices/year-review-2016-12-charts-and-video -
World Bank Annual Report
http://www.worldbank.org/en/about/annual-report
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The road to ending poverty runs through 31 severely off track countries
Source - Brookings; Most countries are in Africahttps://www.brookings.edu/blog/future-development/2018/02/13/the-road-to-ending-poverty-runs-through-31-severely-off-track-countries/ -
Leave no country behind: Ending poverty in the toughest places
Source - Brookingshttps://www.brookings.edu/research/leave-no-country-behind/
